<p>Disclosed is a wireless communication system for performing wireless communication between a wireless base station arranged above a communication area in a mobile body and a wireless terminal in the communication area. A space surrounded by walls which stand in the vertical direction is arranged in the communication area, and the space is provided with an opening having a prescribed width in the planar direction. The wireless base station is arranged within a region extending with a prescribed width from the opening of the space to the outside of the walls.</p>